interceptor missile
Airborne threat neutralizer
An interceptor missile is a defensive weapon designed to destroy incoming missiles or aircraft before they reach their target.
Unlike offensive missiles that strike ground targets, interceptors are launched to collide with or detonate near threats in flight: The interceptor missile successfully neutralized the incoming warhead.
Central to missile defense systems like Iron Dome and THAAD.
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- ballisticOf hurled objects
- defenseProtection against harm
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- trajectoryPath of moving object
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interceptor missileballistic missile
Self-propelled arcing munition
cruise missile · nuclear warhead · ICBM · tactical nuclear weapon · tactical missile
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